Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1894 — Page 1

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Generally fair; cooler Monday.

WINNER Is our SCHOOL-SUIT SPECIAL.

Buys an all-wool double-breasted Fall Suit worth $6.50, $7 or $7.50. The assortment is somewhat broken, but you can buy one for your boy if you will bo quick about it. ' Just 223 pairs of $1 F.neo Pants for 67cwere sold Saturday, but as wo started with 500 pairs you may bo able to get a pair in the next day or two. SS.7S buys a $15 or $18 Man's Suit, provided you happen to be the right size man. That's why the price is so low. Better try to bo fitted.

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SIX KEGROES

KILLED

Southern Savagery Exemplified Afresh in a Horrible Manner. Half a Dozen Colored Men, Accused of Incendiarism, Who Were Chained To gether in a Wagon, Shot to Death. TWO DETECTIVES "HELD UP" And the Contents of Fifty Guns Emptied Into the Prisoners. Usual Verdict of "At the Hands of Un known Persons" Returned More Am munition for Ida J. Wells. MEMPHIS, Term., Sept. L Six negroes, alleged members of an organized ganff of inoendiarles, were lynched by a mob, near Millington, Tenn., a small town on the .Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern railroad, thirty miles north of Memphis,' last night. The names of the dead are: DANIEL. HAWKINS. GRAHAM WHITE. EDWARD HALL. JOHN HAYES: ROBERT HAYNES. WILLIAM WARNER. The prisoners werj in charge of detec tives W. S. Richardson and A. T. Atkin son, who had arrested them a few hours before on a charge of arson. The negrsas were aH handcuffed and shackled, and were on their way to the county jail at Memphis hi a wagon. When the officers reached a dense swamp, a few miles from Millington, they were surrounded by a mob of fifty men, armed with Winchester rifles and shotguns and commanded to halt "Hold up your hands!" exclaimed the leader. The detectives hesitated. "What does. this mean?" one of them asked. "Never you mind. It means business. Shove up your hands." By this time the detectives were over powered by the moD. When the crowd sur rounded the officers the negroes seemed to know Instinctively what was to be done. They were sitting on boxes that had been thrown about on the floor of the wagon. One sat on the seat beside the driver, Atkinson. One negro In the body of the wagon rose to his feet and threw up his shackled hands. That motion was his last, for a shower of bullet3 ..were poured into his body. He fell over and out of the wagon Into the road dead. The negro sitting beside the driver threw his arms about Atkinson with a gesture and exclamation of supplication. The muzzte of a shotgun was shoved agains his stomach and the charge was sent through his body. Detective Atkinson was grasped by several of the mob, hustled up to the side of Richardson and there held until the murderous work was over. Volley after, volley was poured Into the bodies of the shackled and manacled negroes In ths wagon until all of them were dead. Then the mob took the bodies out of the wagoh, threw them on the road and continued to Are volley after volley Into them. Richardson and Atkinson say there were fifty people In the mob; that some of them wore no disguise, while others had their heads incased in a dark cloth, but that It was so dark it was impossible to recognize any of the individuals, even had the officers been well acquainted with the people in ihat part of the country. Having concluded its work, the leader of the mob shouted, "Forward, boys." Guns were shouldered and the members cf the mob walked back Into the woods that lined the road and disappeared. The lynched negroes were all accused of arson, and all 'are said to have belonged to an organized band of barn burners that had In five yeara destroyed thirty-two barns, as many residences and other property of great value In the vicinity of Kerrville, Lucy, Millington and Bolton's College Tenn. On Thursday Jeff Laxton, a merchant at Kerrville, came to Memphis, went before Justice W. H. Hughey and swore out war rants against eight negroes who live In and near Kerrville, charging them with hav ing set fire to the buildings at Kerrville fair grounds, which were destroyed by fire tnree montns ago. xnese warrants were placed in the hands of detective Richard son, who had had much experience in con nection with the barn burners. He boarded the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern train and reached Kerrville at 8 o'clock yester day morning. Warner Williams, who worked on the railroad, was arrested as he stepped off a handcar at the depot. Oth ers were found working in the fields and some were found at their homes. Garius Bland and Will Mooring, members of the gang for whom warrants were served. heard of the arrival of the officers in time to take flight and escaped. It was the in tentlon of the officers to take the prisoners to Millington and bring them to Memphis on the train at 6 o'clock last night, but they had not made all the arrests up to that time and had to wait over. There is no jail In the village, and the prisoners, as fast as captured, were manacled and placed under guard to await the time of leaving. It was nearly 10 o'clock at night when the last arrest was made. It was impossi ble to remain over night at Millington, as there was no safe guardhouse, and It was decided to make the trip by road. S. D. jucKer, . a merchant mere, provided a wagon. A mule and a horse were hitched to It and .the start was made. They had not proceeded far, however, before they were overpowered by the mob. After the bloody work was over the detective sum monea tne coroner ana an inquest was held, which resulted in the usual verdict: "That the deceased came to their death at the hraids of unknown parties." Detective Richardson arrived in Memphis this morning and reported the lynching to Sheriff McLendon and Criminal Court Judge L. P. Cooper. Judge Cooper at once sent for the grand Jury and instructed that body to Investigate thcr affair and return Indict ments against the members of the mob, Later In the day Judge Cooper issued bench warrants for diectives Richardson and Atkinson, . charging them with complicity in the lynching, and they were sent to jail and denied to bll. Warrants were also issued for the arrest of forty farmers who are supposed to have been members of the mob. The sheriff, with a large force of deputies, left this afternoon to make ;he arrests. THE OUTRAGE CONDEMNED. Vlevrs of Frederick Donelaii, Dlanche K. llrnce and John It. Lynch. WASHINGTON", Sept. 1. The announcement of the lynching of six colored men In Tennessee was much talked of In Washington to-day, and renewed interest in the resolution Introduced by Representative Blair, cf New Hampshire, for an lnvesti,U?n f such forma of lawlessness, whlc&

will probably be acted upon early next cession.. Hon. Frederick Douglass, the venerable pioneer of the abolition movement, was peen by a reporter. He had not read the report of the affair, nor did he care to. "It is only a continuation of the persecution of the past," he said at first, very bitterly. "What can I say about this affair that I have not already said of similar ones? My views are well known." For a moment he iras silent and he continued, apparently Epeaking- more in sorrow than in anger: "I regard this case as symptomatic," he said. "It belongs to the spirit of lawlessness which prevails all over the country. It is usually said In defense of lynch law that It is only resorted to in revenge for a single crime.- But that is not true. It is resorted to after almost all offenses, or. all alleged offenses. They kill a man, tell how he looked when he was accused, how he confessed, how he was strung up, but when the coroner's Jury is called they all swear that they don't know who did it They never know who the man confessed to. I do not believe their accusations. It Is simly. a reign of terror in the South for politcal purposes and to defeat the constitutional amendments. One effect of this persistent lawless violence in tho South will be undoubtedly to produce retaliation on the part of the negroes. Persecution will besfet persecution and secret revenge. Another effect will be to keep the capital of the North and immigration from the North

and from abroad away from ' one part of our common country. It Is a deplorable state of affairs, but these things will ultimately defeat themselves. The thirst for blood will be satiated and reaction will take place." Hon. Blanche K. Bruce, ex-united states Senator from Mississippi and ex-Register of the Treasury, took a conservative view of . the work of the lynchers In Tennessee, though he expressed astonishment at tne brutality of the action and deplored Its damaging effects to the South. He at first declined to discuss tne anair, out nnany said: "It is certainly an appalling affair. and I earnestly hope that the good citizens of the county In -which it occurred will not rest until the perpetrators of this crime have been brought to justice. The effect of the lamentable occurrence will be, among other things, to neutralize to some extent the good that is being done by the Southern Development Association, which has Just closed its sessions here. This will be accomplished by preventing capitalists trezi Investing their means in the State." Mr. Bruce refused to say whether an up rising of the negroes was to be expected. though It was intimated that the outcome would not be of that serious character. Hon. John R. Lyncih, of Mississippi, who served three terms in Congress and who was Fourth Auditor of the Treasury dur ing Harrison's administration, denounced the lynchers and deprecated the effect or the occurrence in impeding the growth or the South. He said: "These lynchlngs have become so prevalent in the South that it is no longer a matter or surprise to read of them. Naturally I was horrified to read of the Tennessee lynch ing, which was based merely on the suspicion that the six men were fumy of arson. Those who have justified, efended and excused frequent lynchlngs in the South from the pupit, through the press and on the stump, have done so on the ground that lynching was resorted to only for the crime of rape. The truth is that the lynchlngs are the result of a morbid and depraved public sentiment which has tolerated any and all criminal methods to stamp out and effectually prevent the sucoepsful opposition to the ruling oligarchy which bears the name of Democracy in the South. Lynching Is only one species of the lawlessness which damns that section of the country in the estlmatiOB of peaceful and law-abiding citizens everywhere. Hence, It Is bound to be detrimental to the industrial and commercial interests or the soutn. it is not a race matter, however, and there will be no re taliation from a race standpoint The law lessness is not the result of antipathy be tween the white and black races. But wherever local sentiment tolerates crimes and lawlessness, as is true in certain sections of the South, it causes people gener ally to become accustomed to such things by force of habit. Consequently, we find white men as well as colored men mur dering one another and frequently whites ani blacks murderrng those or tne opposite race It won't result, as some migho im agine, in any general emigration of ne groes from the South. They will stay there as it is a country for the black, man as much as for anybody else. They will live there peaceably if they can and die there IfC'.fey must, as lawlessness doesi not Jus tify lawlessnet.8. There will be no uprising or negroes, ana tney must aepena upon the sense of justice of the people of the coun try to remedy these evils, and the remedy will ultimately come." Thomas Fortune Interviewed. NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Mr. Thomas For tune, president of the Afro-American League, in an interview relative to the sextuple lynching in Tennessee, said: "It Is very hard to get a correct report of these lynchlngs and their true causes from the spol where they occur. There can. however, be no justification for a lynching of this character. Where these men who were slaughtered would only have suf fered a few years in a penitentiary, even If the offense were proven against them. there is less than the ordinary amount of justification for such slaughter. It seems to me that this lynching in Tennessee is on a par with, and as much open to excuse. as the lynching of eleven Italians in New Orleans in 1892 and the lynching of three men in Memphis in 1893. The bone of the whole contention Is not the offense, but the method of meting out Justice for a supposed offense. If it Is Justifiable to lynch a man for murder or for criminal assault, it is equally Justifiable to lynch him for stealing chickens or hogs, and if It is permitted to lynch a man for the former crime it will become prescriptive to lynch for the latter. and that is the way the thing naturally works. It is a question whether these men ever burned any barns at all. Probably a proper investigation would show that these men had become obnoxious to their white neighbors on account of their rrosDeritv or their activity in denouncing wrong, and uius iaia tne oasis oi getting rid or them. "It seems to me that the activity of the English people in this matter of American lynching, with the Duke of Argyll at their neaa, win have the effect or creating in the South a respect for the law, and for this reason: The people of the South can not expect foreign capital and foreign im migration to seeic investment or settle ment wnne such insecurity for life is noluiiuua. jir. fortune men quoted several influential English newspapers on the enormities or lynching, and said Congress man liiair had introduced a bill in the last congress ror tne investigation of one phase of the matter, and if an investieatlon wer ever ordered he had no doubt all the phases wouiu do propeny punctured and exposed, ana tne exposure was bound to result In good, because the American sense of fair play and justice would shame Southern white men into at least keeping their rascalities hidden from the public gaze." TBAGEDY ON THE STAGE. Villain Fatally Shot by a Detective, Who Didn't Know It Was- Loaded. LESS SUMMIT, Mo., Sept L-There was a dramatic and tragic Incident not down on the bills during a performance at the opera house to-night. During the presentation of a melodrama by a company of amateurs, Fred Gibbs, taking the part of a detective, was putting P. Letherman, the heavy villain, under arrest, and pointing his revolver at the prisoner pulled the trigger. Unknown to Gibbs the revolver was loaded. The ball struck Letherman, who is twenty-eight years old. In the head, and he fell to the floor fatally wounded. CHIME OF A CA1X. An Ohio Barber Kills His Baby and Wounds His Wife and Father. CINCINNATI, O., Sept L To-night James Cain, jr., a barber, of Lockland, came home drunk and shot his girl baby, two months old, killing, her, shot his young wife In the head and shot his father, flx-ty-cight yearv old, in the arm. The wife's wound may ifprove fatal. The father's wound is slight. In his prison cell Cain admi's, his guilt, v " Pllmmer and Murphy Matched. NEW YORK. Sept. 1. BlUyN Pllmmer, the bantam champion, and Johnny Murphy, the Uule boxer of Boston, met th.'s afternoon and signed articles of agreement to meet in a finish contest under the auspices of the Olynulc Club, of New Orleans, on Sept. 24. The match is for a Durse cf U.Q00, to the winner and 500 to the foser. Each side ixis rostea ttID ZIt. Cc'.:frr.rgt to rtclzZ I

In at not more than 115 pounds at the ring

side, jonnny tcKnarat wiu reieree we contest, as both men agreed upon him when they signed the articles. ALLEGED TO BE INSANE. Marion Manola Mason, the Actress, in a New Hampshire Institute, BOSTON Mass., Sept. 2. Marlon Manola Mason, the actress, and wife of John Ma son, the actort is at an Institute at North Conway, N. II., alleged to be insane. She was carried there a week ag, but the facts in the case have just leaked out. They be came public in shape of a rumor that the actress was at an Institute for treatment fni th nniiim hahtf. and that sh had been treated before for the same InflrmityTThls rumor was taken to her husband, John Mason, for verification or denial. He said: 'My wife is suffering from mental trouble brought on by the vexations of our recent legal affairs and business misfortunes. The strain of our trouble at the Tremont Theater and the subsequent experience with the IsJaw York ritAmrmd broker vho caused our arrest are responsible for Marion's condltion. we are assured sne win De an ngnt soon." THE STRIKE INQUIRY CAUROLIj D. "WRIGHT DISCUSSES THE C0313I1SSIO.VS WORK. Over 100 Witnesses Examined and Testimony Taken That Will Cover 1 2,000 Printed Paget. WASHINGTON, Sept. L Carroll D. Wright, chairman of the strike investigating commission, returned last night from Chicago and left here to-day for Boston. He will remain away until Sept. 25, and on the following day the strike investigation will be resumed in this city. In an inter view with a reporter, to-day. Commissioner Wright expressed his confidence in the beneficial results of the inquiryt and summed up the work of the' commission by saying: 'A number of newspaper statements as to what the committee, is likely to recommend have been brought to my notice. The com mission, however, has formulated no recommendations, decided on none, and all such statements are mere guesswork. I consider the Investigation thoroughlly success ful. All leading men on both sides, rail road leaders and Pullman officials, freely gave testimony, and tfce investigation was conducted fearlessly, impartially and in the most searching manner. I believe it will do great good in the end, and that out of it will come most valuable recommenda tions. The commission sat fourteen days and examined 107 witnesses. It has now adjourned to meet lu Washington on the 2t)th for the purpose of hearing any testi mony which may be considered necessary for the completion of the report, and which parties on either side of the controversy may deem essential to the case. In the meantime each member or the commission will be hard at work studying the testi mony already furnished, the laws bearing on the various features involved in the Investigation, and preparing himself for the commission's final reDort. our plan is to have the rerort ready in the middle of rsovember, and to submit it to congress eany in the next session. As the testimony taken will cover over two" thousand printed pages, octavo, the magnitude of the undertaking becomes apparent." Crisis at MntIlon. MASSILLON, O., Sept. 1. The Massillon Coal Operators' Association issued a cir cular to-day stating that one thousand men are wanted immediately to work in the mines. They offer 60 cents a ton for mining on a three and one-half inch screen basis and guarantee protection from vio lence to all miners coming here, ihe crisis in the district is very near, ap parently, and the next few days' develop ments will be watcnea wun interest. Coiey Spoke. WILKESDARRE, Pa., Sept. L Labor day was celebrated here by a monster pic nic at Mountain Park, where Gen. J. S. Coxey was' the principal speaker. He came here under the auspices of the Knights of Labor and made two speeches. They were a repetition of his former utterances on the evils that now afflict society. He thought the general government ought to do some thing to help the unempioyea. Glass Works May Reinme. PITTSBURG, Sept. 1. A general and im mediate resumption of work in the windowglass factories of the country Is anticipated. Half a dozen firms have already ac cepted the workers' proposition, and, ac cording to Secretary. Springer, after the conference to be held here Monday, other manufacturers will effect a settlement, whether the meeting has any result or not. Strike of Clonkmnkers. NEW YORK, Sept. L-Over fifteen hundred cloakmakers went on strike in Brooklyn to-day against the task and piecework system. They want salary and regu lar days. Secretary Reichers, of the Garment Workers' Union, says that twenty thousand men and women might stop work in New York and Brooklyn soon. Altseltl Will Ask an Appropriation. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. L The Gov ernor to-night gave out a letter stating that he will ask the Legislature to appropriate funds for the payment of the State militia fcr work done during the strike. Six per cent. Interest is guaranteed to those who advance funds for such payments new. Wages of Wire Hope Makers. WILKESBARRE. Pa., Sept. 1. The wages of two hundred employes of the Hazard wire rope works were to-day reduced 10 per cent. The superintendent of the works says it is necessary to reduce prices in order to meet foreign competi tion, hence the cut In wages. . Lonsr Strike Ended. GRAYSON, Ky., Sept 1. The operators at Mt. Savage and Upper Stinson signed the scale demanded by the miners to-night to resume work Monday. Tho rush at Lower Stinson and Cora mines will fol low, ending four months of strike with 1,500 men Idle. Labor Day at Pittsburg:. PITTSBURG, Sept. L State labor day was scarcely observed In Pittsburg by wage earners. There was a small picnic In which a number of Knights of Labor participated, but aside from that nothing maxKea tne aay in laoor circles. Revencefnl Act of Miners. ASHLAND, Ky., Sept. 1. Miners destroyed $5,000 worth of lumber near Milliard because the owner loaded cannel coal against the orders of the mine workers. Derfth of John Mnndell. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. L-John Mun? dell, a prominent Republican and merchant of this city, died to-night of heart disease. He was born in Ireland in 1S24 and set tied in this city in 1813, since which time he has been engaged in manufacturingboots and shoes. Mr. Mundell took an active Interest in politics and repeatedly represented the Republican party in national. State and local conventions. He was a member of the Union League and numerous other organizations and contributed largely to charity. W. K. and Mrs. Vanderbilt Reconciled NEW YORK, Sept. L Ward McAllister and his brother. Rev. F. M. McAllister, arrived from England on the Lucania yesterday. Mr. McAllister said regarding the alleged domestic difficulties in the family of William K. Vanderbilt: "I believe that the Vanderbllts have become reconciled and are at the present moment entertaining some prince at their hous on the Thames' Trro Deatbt at Muttoon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal MATTOON, I1L, Sept. L M. Alcot, city marshal, died at 10 o'clock, to-day, after a week's Illness of typhoid fever. The three-year-oV. daughter of Dr. W. W. Williams choked to death on a c;sU lima trcs till at nsoa to-day.

PM WOODS ABLAZE

Great Destruction in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Smoke So Dense and Heat So Great that People at Dulath and Superior Could Work Only with Difficulty. TELEGRAPH POLES BURNED And Communication with Many Places Interrupted. Several Towns Reported in Ashes. Tlieir Citizens Homeless and Some Believed to llave Perished. ST. PAUL, Sept L But meager report! have thus far been received from the forest fires in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, but enough Is known to state that the firea are raging more furiously than at any previous time this year. The wires be tween here and Duluth went dox-n at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and it Is doubtful whether any wire will be had all night. There is one very roundabout railroad wire still working, but little or nothing has yet coma over it. The fires are widespread and the smoke is very dense. At Duluth and West Superior to-day the smoke was so dense that people found work- difficult, while the heat was scarcely endurable. Railroad men report inability to see as far as a hundred feet and business A'as at a standstill. Wild reports of fires were current, and it has been extremely difficult to obtain any news that is definite. The fires are very severe about Mission creek, a short distance this side of Duluth. A dispatch from South Range, Wis., asking help of West Superior, stated that the town was threatened, and in a similar way a like report comes from Wrenshall, Minn. Along the Great Northern the damage is enormous. A special train carrying nrt fighters was sent out of St. Cloud this afternoon in respone to calls for help from Milac. At Foley, eighteen miles from St. Cloud, the timber was burning furiously. All the country to the south and east of Bridgeman Station was on fire, and a high wind swept the fire before it, tall pines crashing down in the burning under brush aa the flames ate Into them. The people are panic stricken and fear destruction of everything. The St. Cloud fire fighters fcaved the big bridge over Rum river, near Bridgeman. The large lumber mill and yards of Foley Brothers and Guthrie are being soaked with water In the hope that they may be saved. The young deaf and dumb child of Mr. Ellison, west of Bridgeman, has been burned to death. August Jackson was surrounded by fire on the Bloomberger farm and his death seems cer tain. It is impossible t for trains to reach Milac. The people there have been driven from their homes and are anxiously awaiting succor. Kennett McLaln, a farmer near Bridgeman, lost all his possessions. North of Pine City the tires are raging furiously, sweeping everything before them. Settlers have abandoned their homes and taken refuge in marshes, and the heat and smoke is suffocating. The St. Paul & Duluth north-bound limited is laid up there waiting to get through to Duluth. Several crews are at work repairing burnt culverts to get their trains through to-night. There is no communication with Hinckley, and it is feared that town is in Imminent danger. There is no danger In Pine City at present. Relief trains have been sent out from there to aid distressed settlers. At midnight the wind had died down and hope has increased. It was learned at a late hour to-night, from officials of the Omaha road, that the town of Baronette, Wis., had been wiped out by the fires. News from railroad sources Is very fragmentary and nothing more can be obtained. All wires to Duluth, West Superior and the First district In general are still down at 1:30 a. m., with little prospect of their being patched up to-night, and no more news can be olu:;ifd. TO WAS W'lVllD OUT. Bashaw Said to Be in Ashes and Sonic of Its People Miixi. RICE LAKE, Wis.. Sept. 1. Terrible forest fires are raging In this vicinity and the town of Bashaw, fifteen miles north of here, is wiped out. Bridges are partially burned and telegraphic communications are entirely cut out from the north. The noon passenger train leaving hear at 1:30 reached as far as Bashaw, but had to return, picking up what people it could find. Some of them were nearly overcome with heat and smoke and would have perished had it not been for the timely rescue. A party was sent out from here by special train, but only succeeded In finding one man whom they discovered half crazed wandering arourld In search of his family, they having been separated while escaping from the flames. It is thought that some are burned to death, as no trace can be found of them. Marengo Burned. CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Sept. 1. A reoori reached this city to-night that Marengo, Arhland county, had been destroyed by fire, rendering two hundred families homeless. The Spencer Lumber Company's yards, containing 3,000,000 feet of lumber, of Spencer, were also burned this after noon. The forest fires have taken a fresh start and are dangerously near this city. Several towns within a radius of one hundred miles are In Imminent danger of being wiped out. The only fatality to-day is the burning of Adolph Cloutler while endeavoring to save his home. Ths devastating volume of flames that has been sweeping towards the town of Bashaw in the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis A Ohio railroad, only forty miles from this city, came up to the town limits this afternoon and reports are to the effect that the town is doomed despite the efforts of the townspeople. The fire Is reported to be within half a mile of the villages of Cartwrlght and Cado, fifteen miles distant from here. The people will not go to bed to-night, as a change in thj wind woult drive all the flames through the town and wipe It out. Manx Lives Lost. PINE CITY. Minn., Sept. L Hinckley is burned to ashes.. Many people lost their lives In the fire. The remainder are homeless and destitute. The little town of Mission Creek is entirely wiped out. Engineer John Root was probably fatally burned. The situation is appalling and heartrending la the extreme. XXCEXDIARY FIUC

Ilouse of Mrs. Irene Tnylor'smd Valuable Contents Darned. SOUTH ACTON, Mass.", Sept. L The house of Mrs. Irene Taylor was burned yesterday, with many articles of vtlue. cauln a loss of 3,CC3, upon whica thtre li en tzzzzzzi ci f-tr-t V. ts 1:::